Scrivens scored 293 runs – four less than tournament leader and Shafali’s opening partner Shweta Sehrawat – and took nine wickets. She leads her Sunrisers team home with hopes of winning 2022 after victories in both the 50-over and T20 domestic competitions, with the ultimate goal of “joining the main England team one day soon”. Builds her fledgling hundred career. ,
Shafali, on the other hand, is already making her senior international debut and will, along with wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh, link up with the senior India team for the T20 World Cup starting February 10 in Cape Town later this week. ,
Shafali said, “I am one of them who focuses on work.” “When I entered the U-19 side, I focused only on winning the U-19 Cup and today we have won. I will take this winning confidence with me and win the Senior World Cup. I will try to forget that And get into the senior set-up and get in sync with the team and win the World Cup.”
Shafali, who turned 19 on the eve of the final, entered the tournament with 74 senior international caps. After scores of 45 and 78 against South Africa and the United Arab Emirates respectively, she added only 34 more runs in the four innings leading up to the title decider, where she too fell cheaply to Sehrawat as India were reduced to 2 wickets. Got out after scoring 20 runs.
For her part, Scrivens said she’s learned a lot going forward.
“As a captain, it’s the first time I’ve done it for a while. I’ve done it when I was younger, but it’s on a different platform, a lot more on it,” she said. “So I think I’ve learned a lot from it… It’s been great to learn more about the players.
“It’s about knowing your players and learning what they should and shouldn’t do and what you need to do to support them. I think throughout the tournament, I’ve been able to do that.”
“We’ve learned a lot as a team, the way we fought in the semi-finals was unbelievable. I think the fight that each one of us showed was fantastic and also being out in South Africa, the conditions Learning about, playing abroad it is going to give us more experience and improve our career and future.”
“Melbourne was a very emotional day for me in that last game, we didn’t win the game. When I got into the under-19 team, I was just thinking, ‘You know, we’ve got to win this cup. ” I’m just telling all the girls, ‘We have to win this cup, we’re here for the cup.’
“We lost the World Cup and it was tears of sadness. Today, they were tears of joy because we achieved what we came here for. I tried to control it but couldn’t. I take it as a big See it as an achievement.” And try to use it to learn something else. I will try to score more runs for India and will not be satisfied with this cup. This is just the beginning.”
There is a sense of coming over from India’s lone seamer and offspinner Archana Devi, player of the match Tita Sadhu, who took two wickets each (not to mention a blinder after a catch at extra cover) reeling to leave England, with Same with 16-year-old legspinner Parshvi Chopra, who also claimed two. Next up were Saumya Tiwary and Gongadi Trisha, who marshalled the bulk of the run-chase after Shafali and Sehrawat departed.
Shafali said, “I can’t say words, but thanks to the whole team, the way they were performing and the way they were supporting each other.” “I’m going to miss this batch.”
Perhaps he won’t have to wait too long before reconnecting with some of them.
Valkyrie Baynes is a general editor at ESPNcricinfo
